Finished another interesting book last night - although I should preface the interesting part with; interesting primarily to entrenched evangelicals or people who have grown up going to church.

A New Kind of Christian by Brian Mclaren is a fictional diaologue between a Pastor and Science Teacher (who is actually a former pastor). Through their dialogue they wrestle with issues of cultural Christianity and the challenge to be a new kind of Christian in a post-modern world and what that may look like.

This book resonated with me on a lot of levels and had I read it when it was written several years ago, probably would have rocked my own theology pretty good. The call to get out of the church [building] and be agents of social change is one that has been rippling through the American church lately. The biggest catalyst of this new kind of thinking about Christian life has been because of people like Mclaren and what is being called the Emergent conversation or movement. Books like A New Kind of Christian don’t seek to give all the answers but ask a lot of questions that are indictive of the upcoming generations approach to spirituality.

Who should read it? If you’ve grown up in the church but have always felt like some things are a bit off or if you are currently a leader in the church than this book will challenge your thinking about “Christian culture”.